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Tentless continuous mailer assembly
Assignee: Americomm Direct Marketing Inc
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Filing: 1982-03-08
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Granted: 1985-01-08
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Expires: 2002-03-08
Abstract
Abstract The continuous mailer assembly has mailer units in which one of the back or front plies is either completely severed from the adjacent ply or connected to the adjacent ply by a weak hinge connection. In either case, tenting is avoided when the mailer assembly is unfolded from a stacked condition.
Inventors
- 👤 David Dicker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:25
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41L; B41L1/00; B41L1/20; B41L1/26; B41L1/32; B42; B42D; B42D5/00; B42D5/02; B42D5/023; B42D5/025; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S229/00; Y10S229/93; Y10S229/931
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A continuous mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in stacked array, each unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an envelope and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; one of said front ply and said back ply of one of said units being unconneted and contiguous with one ply of an adjacent unit and the other of said front ply and said back ply being connected with another ply of said adjacent unit in an interrupted manner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A continuous mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in stacked array, each unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an envelope and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; one of said front ply and said back ply of one of said units being unconneted and contiguous with one ply of an adjacent unit and the other of said front ply and said back ply being connected with another ply of said adjacent unit in an interrupted manner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
131 words
A continuous mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in stacked array, each unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an envelope and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; one of said front ply and said back ply of one of said units being connected with one ply of an adjacent unit with a pair of parallel lines of perforations disposed in offset relation to each other to define a weak hinge connection sufficiently weakened to prevent tenting from occurring upon a subsequent folding and unfolding of said adjacent units and the other of said front ply and said back ply being connected with another ply of an adjacent unit in an interrupted manner.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
131 words
A continuous mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in stacked array, each unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an envelope and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; one of said front ply and said back ply of one of said units being connected with one ply of an adjacent unit with a pair of parallel lines of perforations disposed in offset relation to each other to define a weak hinge connection sufficiently weakened to prevent tenting from occurring upon a subsequent folding and unfolding of said adjacent units and the other of said front ply and said back ply being connected with another ply of an adjacent unit in an interrupted manner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
140 words
A continuous tentless mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in layers in a stacked array, each said unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an enclosed envelope, and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; each said front ply of one of said layers being hingedly connected to an adjacent front ply of an adjacent layer along a line of perforations; each said back ply of said one layer being hingedly connected to an adjacent back ply of said adjacent layer with a pair of parallel lines of perforations and a third line of perforations located between and in parallel offset relation to said pair of parallel lines of perforations defining a plurality of hinges connecting said adjacent back plies to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
140 words
A continuous tentless mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in layers in a stacked array, each said unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an enclosed envelope, and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; each said front ply of one of said layers being hingedly connected to an adjacent front ply of an adjacent layer along a line of perforations; each said back ply of said one layer being hingedly connected to an adjacent back ply of said adjacent layer with a pair of parallel lines of perforations and a third line of perforations located between and in parallel offset relation to said pair of parallel lines of perforations defining a plurality of hinges connecting said adjacent back plies to each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein each said top ply, bottom ply and intermediate ply of each unit has a series of control line holes along two opposite edges thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein said units are disposed in co-planar pairs in each layer and are folded in zig-zag manner to define a stack.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 5 which comprises a plurality of spaced apart hinges integrally connected between and to said front ply of said one layer and said adjacent front ply of said adjacent layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein said pair of parallel lines of perforations define spaced apart connecting strips between said adjacent back plies and each said perforation of said third line of perforations extends through a respective one of said connecting strips.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
138 words
A continuous tentless mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in layers in a stacked array, each said unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an enclosed envelope, and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; each said front ply of one of said layers being hingedly connected to an adjacent front ply of an adjacent layer along a line of perforations; each said insert ply being unconnected with an adjacent insert ply; and each said back ply of said one layer being hingedly connected to an adjacent back ply of said adjacent layer with a pair of parallel lines of perforations disposed in offset relation to each other defining a plurality of hinges connecting said adjacent back plies to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
138 words
A continuous tentless mailer assembly comprising a plurality of interconnected units disposed in layers in a stacked array, each said unit including a front ply, a back ply secured to said front ply to define an enclosed envelope, and at least one insert ply between said front ply and said back ply; each said front ply of one of said layers being hingedly connected to an adjacent front ply of an adjacent layer along a line of perforations; each said insert ply being unconnected with an adjacent insert ply; and each said back ply of said one layer being hingedly connected to an adjacent back ply of said adjacent layer with a pair of parallel lines of perforations disposed in offset relation to each other defining a plurality of hinges connecting said adjacent back plies to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
An assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein each layer includes a plurality of said units disposed in co-planar relation.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-01-08 | 1992-07-09 | 1993-01-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-01-08 | 1996-07-09 | 1997-01-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |